Category:H.M.S. Britannia (Training Ship) Entrants of January, 1875

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Some thirty-two candidates who passed the test were immediately admitted to the January, 1875 intake term at H.M.S. Britannia.[1]

The source article did not mention the prior schooling of the successful candidates.

  1. Julian Charles Gaisford, 892
  2. Sydney Cornwall Legh, 890
  3. Alfred Henry Tarleton, 836
  4. William Henry Nicholson, 827
  5. Hugo William Robert Boothby, 807
  6. Joseph Ridgway Bridson, 802
  7. Frank Henry Peyton, 746
  8. Herbert Paris Barton, 730
  9. Bernard Currey and Thomas Garden Fellowes, 727
  10. above two tied
  11. The Hon. Philip Bourchier Tyrwhitt, 724
  12. Vernon Maud, 717
  13. Herbert Goodenough King-Hall, 692
  14. Basil Cadogan Barber, 688
  15. Cecil Willaume Ashby, 686
  16. George John Taylor, 679
  17. Edward Croft Greenway, 671
  18. Amherst Charles Hagerman Pearson, 669
  19. Henry William Thierens, 665
  20. Guy Alwine John Greville, 661
  21. Charles Lionel Napier, 660
  22. Montague George Cartwright, 645
  23. Charles Henry Umfreville, 640
  24. Charles Amyas Radcliffe, 614
  25. Rowland Nugent, 609
  26. George William Cornish, 608
  27. Ernest Gillbe Barton, 607
  28. Reginald Arthur Allenby, 592
  29. Lionel Oscar Browning, 549
  30. Allen Francis Gardiner, 538
  31. Percy Douglas Melville Henderson, 526
  32. Arthur Wartensleben Ewart, 515

The remaining candidates all passed the test, but there were not immediately sufficient appointments to accept all of them. However, by December 12, they too were admitted, to join on 29 January.[2]

  1. John William Monk Webb
  2. Archibald Gordon Henry Wilson Moore
  3. George Powell Stewart
  4. George Alexander Ballard
  5. Philip Burton Affleck
  6. Thomas Stokes Guppy
  7. Bertram Tennyson
  8. John Hugh Rose
  9. Willoughby Pudsey Dawson
  10. Aubrey William Howe
  11. Christopher George Francis Maurice Cradock
  12. James Winstanley Pochin
  13. Henry Herbert Philips

Lastly, Arthur William Carter's service record indicates that he, too, was part of this term.

Footnotes

  1. "Naval And Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Dec 02, 1874; pg. 5; Issue 28175.
  2. "Naval And Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Dec 12, 1874; pg. 5; Issue 28184.

Term Intakes into H.M.S. Britannia
1859-1869
Jun, 1859 | Dec, 1859
Jun, 1860 | Sep, 1860 | Dec, 1860 | Mar, 1861 | Jun, 1861 | Sep, 1861 | Mar, 1862 | Jun, 1862 | Sep, 1862 | Dec, 1862
Mar, 1863 | Jun, 1863 | Sep, 1863 | Jan, 1864 | Mar, 1864 | Aug, 1864 | Oct, 1864 | Jan, 1865 | Mar, 1865 | May, 1865 | Sep, 1865
Jan, 1866 | May, 1866 | Sep, 1866 | Jan, 1867 | May, 1867 | Sep, 1867 | Jan, 1868 | May, 1868 | Sep, 1868 | Jan, 1869 | May, 1869 | Sep, 1869
1870-1879
Jan, 1870 | Jul, 1870 | Jan, 1871 | Jul, 1871 | Jan, 1872 | Jul, 1872 | Jan, 1873 | Jul, 1873 | Jan, 1874 | Jul, 1874
Jan, 1875 | Jul, 1875 | Jan, 1876 | Jul, 1876 | Jan, 1877 | Jul, 1877 | Jan, 1878 | Jul, 1878 | Jan, 1879 | Jul, 1879
1880-1889
Jan, 1880 | Jul, 1880 | Jan, 1881 | Jul, 1881 | Jan, 1882 | Jul, 1882 | Jan, 1883 | Jul, 1883 | Jan, 1884 | Jul, 1884 | Jan, 1885 | Jul, 1885
Jan, 1886 | Jul, 1886 | Jan, 1887 | Jul, 1887 | Jan, 1888 | Jul, 1888 | Jan, 1889 | Mar, 1889 | Jul, 1889
1890-1899
Jan, 1890 | Jul, 1890 | Jan, 1891 | Jul, 1891 | Jan, 1892 | Jul, 1892 | Jan, 1893 | Jul, 1893
Jan, 1894 | Jul, 1894 | Jan, 1895 | Jul, 1895 | Jan, 1896 | Jul, 1896 | Jan, 1897 | May, 1897 | Sep, 1897
Jan, 1898 | May, 1898 | Sep, 1898 | Jan, 1899 | May, 1899 | Sep, 1899
1900-1906
Jan, 1900 | May, 1900 | Sep, 1900 | Jan, 1901 | May, 1901 | Sep, 1901 | Jan, 1902 | May, 1902 | Sep, 1902
Jan, 1903 | May, 1903 | Sep, 1903 | Jan, 1904 | May, 1904 | Sep, 1904 | Jan, 1905 | May, 1905 | Sep, 1905 | Jan, 1906
From September 1903 entries were also made to the Royal Naval College, Osborne under the Selborne Scheme. The Britannia was closed in July 1905 after the May entry, which was sent to Bermuda with the January entry. The following two terms under the old scheme were sent straight to the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth.